cut out

verbe

En français : arrêter de, enlever, supprimer, caler

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument. · Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.
To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). (informal, transitive) · He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.· She kept clicking her heels. He told her to cut it out.
To remove; to omit. (transitive) · If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.
To oust; to replace. (transitive)
To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. (intransitive) · It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.· Can you say that again? You keep cutting out.
To leave suddenly. (intransitive) · He must have cut out of the party.
To arrange or prepare. · He has his work cut out for him.
To intercept. (transitive)

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I want that pattern to cut out your new apron this evening.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 163 · C1

“If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that ‘keep away’ and ‘from the’ are cut out in one piece.”

The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 37 · C1

Holmes,” said Sir Henry Baskerville, “someone cut out this message with a scissors—”

The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 38 · C1

Someone, then, cut out the message with a pair of short-bladed scissors, pasted it with paste—”

The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 38 · C1

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